Peter Anderson (designer)
Peter Anderson | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Saint Martin's School of Art |
| Occupations | Graphic designer creative director |
Peter Anderson is a graphic designer and creative director from Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2006 he founded Peter Anderson Studio, a London design company that produces television title sequences.[1][2] The studio won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for titles and graphic identity in 2023 and 2025.[3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Anderson was educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London.[6] He later completed a master's degree in fine art.[7]
Career
[edit]Typography and print
[edit]In the 1990s Anderson worked as a typographer and printmaker. With the photographer Platon and the stylist Claire Todd he produced a self-financed series of thirty prints combining typography and fashion photography, which was the subject of a 1996 article in Eye.[8] The work led to a commission from Moschino for its autumn 1996 couture advertising campaign.[8] He is one of thirty-eight typographers discussed in Teal Triggs's The Typographic Experiment (2003).[9]
Anderson contributed the graphic scheme for Cayenne, a Belfast restaurant run by Paul Rankin and Jeanne Rankin.[6] The project received a Wood Pencil at the 2001 D&AD Awards in the spatial design category, credited to the design group Interfield Design.[10]
Peter Anderson Studio
[edit]Anderson founded Peter Anderson Studio in 2006.[1][2] Based in Bermondsey, London, the studio employed a staff of fourteen as of 2025 and works across title sequences, on-screen graphics, branding and public art.[6] Its television credits include EastEnders, Casualty, Doctor Who, Line of Duty, Dracula, Sanditon and Little Women.[6] The studio also produced titles and graphics for Doctor Foster, Victoria and The Missing, and reworked the Doctor Who title sequence during Matt Smith's time in the role.[7]
Anderson designed the title sequence for Sherlock (2010), which he has described as an attempt to place the viewer inside the character's perception for the length of the sequence.[11][12]
The studio later produced titles for Good Omens (2019 and 2023); Anderson told the Television Academy the intention was to build worlds with graphics rather than simply convey information.[13][14] A second-season sequence followed in 2023, with details that changed from episode to episode.[15]
The studio also made titles for Bad Sisters (2022)[1] and Sweetpea (2024).[16][17]
For Margo's Got Money Troubles (2026), the studio filmed a physical set before adding a computer-generated figure; Anderson said the studio was glad to make something entirely handmade at that scale given industry concern about AI-generated material.[18][19]
In 2019 Anderson took part in a masterclass on graphics and titles at the National Film and Television School alongside the title designer Daniel Kleinman.[7]
Public art and place branding
[edit]Anderson's installations include a colour-changing neon spiral at Altnagelvin Area Hospital and a steel sculpture, Yesterday, Tomorrow and Us, in Newtownabbey. He has also worked on visual identities for places including Holyhead, Redcar and Lancaster.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Peter Anderson Studio". Art of the Title. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Turning Points: Peter Anderson Studio". Design Week. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2023: Winners Announced". BAFTA. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "2025 BAFTA Television Craft Awards: Winners Announced". BAFTA. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Bafta Craft doubles for Baby Reindeer, Rivals, Slow Horses". Televisual. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hailes, Anne (7 July 2025). "Peter is a Belfast-born double Bafta-winning artist: you've already seen his work, even if you've never heard of him before". The Irish News. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Trio of leading industry figures behind iconic titles, promos & idents deliver NFTS Graphics & Titles Masterclass". National Film and Television School. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- 1 2 Thrift, Julia (Autumn 1996). "Type fashion fusion". Eye. Vol. 6, no. 22. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ Triggs, Teal (2003). The Typographic Experiment: Radical Innovation in Contemporary Type Design. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500283981.
- ↑ "Cayenne". D&AD Awards archive. 2001. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Sherlock (2010)". Art of the Title. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "From Sherlock to Succession: the design story of beloved title sequences". Design Week. June 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ Landekic, Lola. "Good Omens (2019)". Art of the Title. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Magnificent Obsession". Television Academy. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "What Do You Spy in the Title Sequence for Good Omens 2?". Reactor. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Macabre Meets Mundane in "Sweetpea" Series Titles by Peter Anderson Studio". Stash Media. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Sweetpea – Title Sequence | Peter Anderson Studio". Motionographer. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "How 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' Unique Opening Credits Scene Was Created". Variety. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Peter Anderson Studio Rolls Out "Margo's Got Money Troubles" for Apple TV & A24". Stash Media. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.